Man critically wounded in hunting accident
A 58 year old Marshall M Castle of Frederick was shot in the chest at 7 26 p m while two teens Mark E White 14 and Donald M Carpenter 13 hunted groundhogs near Md 26 and Chestnut Grove Road The man was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital in critical condition Police continue to investigate the incident
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Marshall M. Castle
RFD 1
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Byron L. Hubble
Mark E. White
Donald M. Carpenter
Fred
Erick
MD. 26
Chestnut Grove Road
White
Carpenter
Castle
Major Changes Planned At Frederick Post Office
frederick maryland major changes planned for the post office involve a two year renovation of the Patrick and Carter Streets area. the plan relocates operations to the old bowers lumber property during gutting and rebuilding of the post office to add a centralized mail facility. vacancies exist in surrounding offices as the federal program proceeds under congress and presidential action.
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Erick
Frederick
Join E
Young
Congress
Nixon
Fred
East Patrick Street
Carroll
East Streets
Bowers Lumber Co
Patrick and
Carter Streets
Carter Street
East Street
Penn Central
Bowers
Bowers Lumber
Sixth
Patriot Street
County Opens Bids On Road Resurfacing
An apparent low bid of 205065 on a contract to resurface about nine miles of county roads was submitted by Frederick Asphalt Co. at a bid opening today. Etzler Co. bid 210833. The award will follow bid review by the county commissioners. The project includes widening sections of Harp Hill Reichs Ford and Glison's Mill roads with bituminous concrete surfacing and related drains. Construction is slated to begin soon after approval.
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Roads Board
Frederick Asphalt Co
Etzler Co
Harp Hill
Reich’s Ford
Glison’s Mill
Decision On Gas Awaited
A judge planned to rule on halting the Army’s disposal of surplus nerve gas as the LeBaron Russell Briggs prepared for a final voyage 292 miles east of Cape Kennedy. The Environmental Defense Fund challenged the plan, citing potential ship breakup and gas leakage, while the Army argued the coffins would sink intact and release gas gradually. Florida Governor Claude Pepper joined the suit in seeking a delay for safer disposal studies.
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Washington
Army
Atlantic
Sunny Point
N.C
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Fila
Lola Lea
Environmental Defense Fund
Florida
Claude Park
Officials Hold Interviews For CAA Director
Frederick County Commissioners conducted executive session interviews for the Community Action Agency director post. The position has been vacant since April after Nancy Smith resigned. Acting director Kathleen Hall has led the agency for four months but declined the permanent role. A decision is expected next week amid other county vacancies.
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Frederick-Carroll County
Frederick
Postal Corporation
James A. Grove
John Engle
Uso
John E. Young
Nixon
Cleveland
San Francisco
Frederick County
Community Action Agency
Nancy Smith
CAA
Kathleen Hall
Planning and Zoning Commission
Human Relations Council
Civil Defense
Israel Attacks Jordanian Army Positions Amid Ceasefire Strain
Israeli air force struck Jordanian army positions in retaliation for mortar fire on Beisan Valley settlements Maoz Haim and Yardena as tensions escalate after the Middle East cease-fire. Jordan tightens security to deter Arab commandos and potential diplomat kidnap plots. Cairo reports claim Egypt has moved missile batteries toward the Suez Canal.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Beigsan
Beisan
Maoz Haim
Yardena
Jordan
Middle East
United States
Amman
Cairo
Egypt
Suez ‘Canal
Senate Likely to Override Nixon Veto on Education Bill
The Senate is expected to join the House in overriding President Nixon’s veto of a 4.4 billion education bill, marking his second defeat this year. House action 299 to 114 set the stage, while another vetoed omnibus 1 billion appropriations bill failed 203 to 195. Republican leaders note the 88 to 0 Senate vote and privately back enactment over Nixon objections.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Theouse
Veterans
Space Agency
Appropriations Committees
Capitol
Mike Mansfield
No Break Seen In Heat Wave
Heat wave continues with 90 degree temperatures through the weekend. Fair skies and highs in the lower 90s to upper 80s, possible thundershowers, precipitation chance under 20 percent through Sunday. Temperatures peaked at 91 with 64 overnight, July rainfall light in Frederick area, crops reported healthy despite drought.
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Frederick
Wall Street Opens With Moderate Gains In Busy Session
New York stock market showed livelier activity as investors moved ahead on a side front in moderately active trading. Gains appeared broader with several issues advancing while others held steady.
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New York
Wall Street
Nixon Holds Parley on School Desegregation
President Nixon launches his most active bid yet to back voluntary desegregation in the South with a New Orleans meeting of state advisory councils. The trip aims to boost council effectiveness and show commitment to wide scale integration this fall while Justice Department actions loom from the Supreme Court decision expected later this year.
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Washington
Nixon
New Orleans
South
Iixon
Air Force One
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Cabinet
Elliot L. Richardson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
Robert H. Finch
Leonard Garment
Harry Dent
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Donald Rumsfeld
Office of Econom Opportunity
J. Stanley Pottinger
Richardson
Mitchell
Supreme Court
Justice Department
North
Major reshuffle cuts 15000 U.S. troops in Saigon region
American forces in the Saigon military region are reduced by about 15,000 as two full brigades and other units are sent home. Remaining U.S. units shift inland, with most fighting troops pulled back from the Cambodian border. General Abrams returns to command after convalescent leave.
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Saigon
3Rd Military Region
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Creighton W. Abrams
Thailand
Japan
Haveeen
South China Sea
Opposition to private sewer plans in county master plan
At a joint meeting Frederick County officials clash over encouraging private sewer systems under the Sewer and Water Master Plan. Commissioner Collins opposes discouraging private systems, arguing they reduce septic use and support larger interceptors. A state Health official notes the goal of public ownership and urges flexibility while keeping private systems under Metropolitan Commission oversight.
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Margaret Hindman
Frederick County Commissioners, Planning and Zoning Commission
Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Joint -Boards
Charles Collins
Metropolitan Commission
State Health Department
Planning Commission
The
HEW Still Interested In Detrick Fort Transfer
Fort Detrick laboratories may move to the Department of Health Education and Welfare as Sen Charles Mathias says HEW and NIH show active interest. A Tydings amendment would add 700 jobs after Army vacates the fort, with a Presidential decision needed to transfer the facility. Maryland delegation expresses full cooperation.
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Fort Detrick
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias
Frederick
Joseph D. Tydings
Fort Derrick
Congress
Nixon
HEW
Robert H. Finch
J Elliot Richardson
Detrick’s
National Institutes of Health
Sen. Mathias
Fort Detrick Laboratories
Army
Maryland
Fire Log Summary from Highland Street Dump Area
Fire calls through 10 a.m include trash burning at 1:06 p.m near Highland Street Dump with Independents responding. At 2:26 p.m an auto fire near Seventh and North Market Streets with Juniors responding. Ambulance calls show Emergency-4 Routine-2. No newspaper archives.
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Highland Street
Seventh
North Market Streets
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Seventh Street
J. Ralfe Castleman
County
West Seventh Street
Rchlye
Royce E. Paulson
William J. Mask
Gary Rinehart
Frank N. House
David Alnutt
Chester L. Baker
James 8. Crist
Rolfe Castleman
Beirut
Assem
Collins
Detrick
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